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100% The greatest rider to never be World Champion

Exactly! People just get something in their heads, and can't consider any alternative. Most of us (not all of us, apparently) would rather see four riders in a race, rather than just three or two. It's okay to punish a rider or team for a starting offence, but why should the fans be punished by being forced to watch races with riders missing?

I think its probably time to move on from the Holder thing, he's had his say and P'boro have signed someone else

Silly response. Typical Poole. Should stay in their station. The league don't run around you.

Whether or not this change is successful will depend on the rule being properly enforced. I notice that Wolverhampton had a two minute clock all last season but referees and riders paid scant attention to it and riders were regularly continuing to "garden" after the time had expired and I can recall only one instance when a rider was excluded for exceeding the time limit. Referees need to put their foot down and rigidly stick to the letter of the rule. There might be a brief time of chaos and howls of protest from riders, but they would soon get the message. Personally, I'd be strongly in favour of NO RESERVE replacement for excluded riders too!

He is on the clubs retained list in case we get an injury

I don't think that it was actually the weather that caused the problems. I believe it was found that stones had been allowed to get into the shale mix, making it unable to bind as normally expected.

Ha, maybe I should have had a few when watching Southampton last night. But apparently I somehow managed to get through that sober! Not sure how

I see you got quoted in the star this week flappy. Peterborough mentioned a long running saga over winter, often played out via rumours and semi informed leaks on social media.

Deja vu all over again. Should have signed Chris Holder....oh, hang on......

I guess cos you know what you will get with Shanes. Whereas Connor is still learning? Also he is really good at Glasgow but how did he get on with away tracks. Although no rider should have any issues with Redcar as their home track. I would expect Connor and Jason to swap between reserve and no2 throughout the season.

Deffo not Buster, Lisa. It's just people are quick to blame him for the Holder thing. I think it might well have been MT in the wrong there. Jumping the gun. The little video wound me up. I had a fewwatching the football which didn't help

4.69 Shanes, 4.32 Bailey. Close to like for like but Bailey likely to do better over the season.

So did Jason crump in 2021

I fancy Ben Basso to gatecrash this party

If he can sort out the mess that is British speedway it'll be money well spent.

At least I can debate without resorting to calling people names

Oh hi there Buster! Made any new grudges lately

Has looked pretty ropey at Foxhall to be fair, but he’s a young rider who is improving all the time. No doubt he’s a better rider now than the one that last came to Foxhall in 2021. He’ll be an obvious threat but Masters will still be the biggest threat at Foxhall for me as an away rider. Loves Foxhall and lowered Doyle’s colours twice in one meeting last year.

IMO the main reason for this is we are watching in the current world champ one of the greatest riders the sport has ever seen , barring injury he will continue dominate for a number of years to come . Back on topic I am not a fan of Morris but his face obviously fits !

"Integrity, Transparency and Perception"... Does Phil come on here? Great news... Just as long as his remit isn't influenced by the self interest of others it could be a major move forward for the sport in the UK... Chris Louis seems to be a voice that can see the UK version of Speedway's major fundamental issues that hold it back from being taken seriously, (which impacts crowd levels negatively and also major sponsor involvement), but can also see the huge potential that the sport has if ever done "properly" in the UK... A very positive move, and with the "major names" starting to come back, let's hope the "custodians" see the bigger picture rather than just their own team being "successful" in such a small minority sport, which currently resonates little.... A good year to launch some major marketing of the sport given the quality of riders on offer, and hopefully with his contacts, Phil Morris can help facilitate this... Just hide the water truck from him on TV race nights...

Can safely donate via PayPal so proof of payment can be uploaded on here at the end of the season. Either way Ben Fund gets an extra 50 quid donation so all good.

Daft rule. Could end waiting longer. Movement at the start one minute goes on. Rider misses the one minute. Fresh 2 minutes go on for a replacement. Just do what all other leagues do in the world 2 minute clock and if you’re not at the tapes by then you’re out. Don’t know why we love to complicate things in Britain.

Wonder what our select team at Redcar is going to be then..... I am so grateful for the Bears for being able to put this meeting on, although I am unable to attend due to work 1. Steve Worrall 2. Max Clegg 3. Lewis Kerr 4. James Wright/Connor Mountain 5. Ben Barker/Richie Worrall 6. Adam Roynon 7. Archie Freeman

When i started going in the 70's, i've been to a few meetings at Lynn when they were still pumping water off of the 3rd and 4th bends 45 mins before the meeting starts. Bit of saw dust and jobs a good one. On the Buster bit, no comment

Don't ask for much? Not sure even the genie from Aladdin could give you that wish!

Maybe, but that will not affect JD’s average as bonus points are included in the calculation.

Connor had been riding junior speedway for five years or so in Australia before coming over to Scotland at 16 to join the Tigers.

Your logic is valid though, Redcar must have rated Shanes as stronger or they would have picked Bailey to start with. Bailey has more potential, will he find it at Redcar?

And the relevance of this question?? Every club pays in to BSP Ltd every year. It'll financed by that. Yes & No. He'll have to visit every Premiership track on all Monday & Thursdays to oversee the running of meetings, from track prep to close. Will be a similar position & work alongside on occasions, with what Tony Steele on behalf of ACU & SCB. It's one hell of a job he's taking on. Probably won't see any real change for 2-3 seasons. Over seeing the rule book & working for Discovery (especially temp track weeks) & BSP Ltd is going to be nuts busy for the guy. Good luck to Phil

So IOW and Cradley have now declared their six man teams. Great to see that Mildenhall, Oxford, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Poole, Leicester, Berwick and Kent are endorsing the new league as they must have given permission for their team members to take part.

I didn't think they've allowed people in to watch for quite a few years - something to do with health & safety, insurance, etc.

Even if it's only one day a week, it still needs to be funded - and a CEO won't be on minimum wage.

Fun fact, Nicki Pedersen has more world titles than the rest of the league combined.

I'd have no replacement for touching tapes

You’ve wasted my time and the time of every poor person who has had to read through your messages.

Thank you. As I suspected, none of them even seriously threatened the 9 point barrier, they didn’t get close to him. Those 3 will also have the same added competition that Doyle has so that won’t just affect Doyle it’ll impact them too. As for “another year older”, I don’t think a few months during the close season will suddenly see a meaningful decline..

Luke Becker and Matias Pollestad sign for Esbjerg.

I guess it depends how many were just picking and choosing meetings and who generally had other plans on Thursday. I am giving Thursday as an example as crowds on Mondays were even worse

Does this mean Lambert won't get his end-of-year outing as BV's ringer for the play-offs?

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Think this is getting overplayed a bit here. Definitely Bewley, and possibly Pedersen (it’s a wait and see with him) will provide Doyle with a stiffer test, who else has come in to the league that I’ve missed? Doyle will again comfortably top the averages of that there is no doubt.

A much needed step in the right direction and an ideal choice for the appointment at this time IMO Let's hope that all involved emmbrace the move and that we don't see Phil undermined or hampered when something doesn't go the way desired for certain quarters

Where does this leave Rob Godfreys role as BSPL chairman? Does Morris have authority over him, or does he still need to report to the promoters? Still a few questions that need answers before we start the back slapping I think.

Sounds promising and about bloody time.

He's still down as TM on the club website, but then again, Danny King is still down as the track record holder so accuracy doesn't kick in for about 4 years.

Scrapping the playoffs wouldn’t improve crowds for all league meetings, maybe the key ones at the end though so no change really.

From Racers and royals : Good news regarding Ace Pijper he has now been released from hospital and although very battered and bruised, nothing is broken.

But apart from that... spot on